US Government Declassifies Orbital Elements of Military Communications Satellites

US Government Declassifies Orbital Elements of Military Communications Satellites

This is breaking via twitter, I don't think the lamestream media has picked up on this yet. An acquaintance of mine noticed that the official site for government data of satellite positions began releasing orbital elements for a variety of military communications satellites including those that are in the MUOS, AEHF, and WGS constellations. He asked them on twitter if it was a mistake. Nope, it wasn't a mistake, it's a new policy. [link to twitter.com (secure)] SSA for those who don't know stands for space situational awareness.

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Wow. I guess they realized that China and Russia can already pinpoint the sats, so hiding the elements is pointless?

Quoting: Tainted Meat

At least for combating enemy nations it's rather pointless. Even amateurs were tracking some of these birds. Hiding the elements of their surveillance satellites still makes sense, especially against non-state enemies who may not have the means to track them. But these are satellites for communications with troops and such, the information on these particular satellites is of no real value to terror groups and such. The communications themselves should all be encrypted so there's no way to decode it even if you know where to point a dish.

Re: US Government Declassifies Orbital Elements of Military Communications Satellites

Wow. I guess they realized that China and Russia can already pinpoint the sats, so hiding the elements is pointless?

Quoting: Tainted Meat

At least for combating enemy nations it's rather pointless. Even amateurs were tracking some of these birds. Hiding the elements of their surveillance satellites still makes sense, especially against non-state enemies who may not have the means to track them. But these are satellites for communications with troops and such, the information on these particular satellites is of no real value to terror groups and such. The communications themselves should all be encrypted so there's no way to decode it even if you know where to point a dish.

Quoting: Dr. Deplorable Astromut

my guess is they are also very small and so many of them they would be hard to defeat

Re: US Government Declassifies Orbital Elements of Military Communications Satellites

Awesome! I casually monitor satellites of any kind on various tracking sites and go sit outside at night after everyone is asleep and watch them cruise by. It's nothing too exciting of course, but I find it enjoyable.

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Re: US Government Declassifies Orbital Elements of Military Communications Satellites

Being a conspiracy nut I know there is a deeper reason here besides the obvious. Most likely, they have figured out how to modulate/demodulate communication/data streams through space/time reliably using quantum mechanics. My theory anyways.

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